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A zucchini being grown on the International Space Station. Astrobotany is an applied sub-discipline of botany that is the study of plants in space environments.It is a branch of astrobiology and botany.
The Malaysian Space Agency (Malay: Agensi Angkasa Malaysia), abbreviated MYSA, is the national space agency of Malaysia.On 20 February 2019, the Malaysian Cabinet had approved the establishment of MYSA through the merging of Malaysian Remote Sensing Agency (MRSA) and National Space Agency (ANGKASA).
Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor Al Masrie bin Sheikh Mustapha (born 27 July 1972) [1] is a Malaysian doctor. [2] He launched to the International Space Station aboard Soyuz TMA-11 with the Expedition 16 crew on 10 October 2007.
The National Space Agency (Malay: Agensi Angkasa Negara), abbreviated ANGKASA, was the national space agency of Malaysia.It was established in 2002 and its charter aims to upgrade, stimulate and foster the country's space programme through integrated and coordinated efforts by developing and applying space technologies.
Polyakov was born in Tula in the USSR on 27 April 1942. Born Valeri Ivanovich Korshunov, Polyakov legally changed his name after being adopted by his stepfather in 1957. He was educated at the Tula Secondary School No. 4, from which he graduated in 1959.
Sally Kristen Ride (May 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012) was an American astronaut and physicist.Born in Los Angeles, she joined NASA in 1978, and in 1983 became the first American woman and the third woman to fly in space, after cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova in 1963 and Svetlana Savitskaya in 1982.
An open cluster is a type of star cluster made of tens to a few thousand stars that were formed from the same giant molecular cloud and have roughly the same age. More than 1,100 open clusters have been discovered within the Milky Way galaxy, and many more are thought to exist. [1]
Lion Air MD-83 parked at Sentani Airport of Jayapura Batavia Air Boeing 737-200 parked at Sentani Airport of Jayapura Sentani Airport Terminal Area. Dortheys Hiyo Eluay International Airport (IATA: DJJ, ICAO: WAJJ) — also known as Sentani International Airport — is an airport serving Jayapura, [1] the capital of Papua province, Indonesia, on the island of New Guinea.